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Hello everyone, I am a new untrained admin assistant and i got a sticky note from boss with this instruction- Please assist Ben with an expense claim form for him to acquit the advance we gave him-. Kindly note that English is neither my first or second language- What does my boss mean?
  

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Please assist Ben with an expense claim form for him to acquit the advance we gave him. Seems like: You boss gave Ben some money in advance. Ben is supposed to fill the expense claim form (the requirement of you company) You are supposed to help Ben to fill up the form.

— Mr. Tom

  • Please assist Ben with an expense claim form for him to acquit the advance we gave him.
  • Seems like: You boss gave Ben some money in advance.
  • Ben is supposed to fill the expense claim form (the requirement of you company) You are supposed to help Ben to fill up the form.
  • Let's wait for a native speaker's opinion.
  • Tom
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Please assist Ben with an expense claim form for him to acquit the advance we gave him.

Seems like:

You boss gave Ben some money in advance.
Ben is supposed to fill the expense claim form (the requirement of you company)
You are supposed to help Ben to fill up the form.

Let's wait for a native speaker's opinion.

Tom
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'Acquit the advance' means to fill in an expense form showing how the advance was used.
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It is not a natural expression in BrE.
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Business jargon I guess, I've come across it a few times in this context. I don't know which side of the Atlantic it originates from.
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Vic Z'Acquit the advance' means to fill in an expense form showing how the advance was used.
Sounds right to me. Plus, he'll have to pay back any of the advance that he cannot account for on the expense form. "acquit" implies returning a balance to zero.

CJ
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